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MEN IN CHARGE?
RETHINKING AUTHORITY IN MUSLIM LEGAL TRADITION |
| By: |
Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Editor), Mulki Al-Sharmani (Editor), Jana Rumminger (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£15.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780747179 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780747170 |
| Publisher: |
ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS |
| Pub. date: |
10 December, 2014 |
| Pages: |
463 |
| Description: |
`A highly stimulating collection of pieces by notable scholars and activists ... Men in Charge? provides a complex and clearly articulated analyses of the problems with the dominant exegetical and juristic understandings of gender relations ... an extremely valuable contribution to the discourse on gender relations, equality, justice and women's rights in Islam and among Muslims.' -- Farid Esack - Professor in the Study of Islam and Head of Department of Religion Studies, University of Johannesburg |
| Synopsis: |
Both Muslims and non-Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social, economic, and political discrimination, treated by law and society as second-class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law, and since the late 19th century there has been a mass of literature tackling this issue.Recently, exciting new feminist research has been challenging gender discrimination and male authority from within Islamic legal tradition: this book presents some important results from that research. The contributors all engage critically with two central juristic concepts; rooted in the Qur'an, they lie at the basis of this discrimination. One refers to a husband's authority over his wife, his financial responsibility toward her, and his superior status and rights. The other is male family members' right and duty of guardianship over female members (e.g., fathers over daughters when entering into marriage contracts) and the privileging of fathers over mothers in guardianship rights over their children.The contributors, brought together by the Musawah global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family, include Omaima Abou-Bakr, Asma Lamrabet, Ayesha Chaudhry, Sa`diyya Shaikh, Lynn Welchman, Marwa Sharefeldin, Lena Larsen and Amina Wadud. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Oneworld Publications |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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